250EX Oil Filter - clean myself or take to shop??

[K400EX&A250EX]

Have any of you done the service on a 250EX oil filter? I'm just trying to decide if I should try to do it myself or if I'd just be better off taking it in. Any advice based on your experience would be appreciated.

[brokeitin3]

the bike. If the bike has many hours on it and the oil was not changed often I'd say it needs to be cleaned. You can let it go for a year before cleaning. The only reason mine was cleaned then, I installed new heavier clutch springs and weights. Its not a hard task just a little time consuming.

[Loeryder]

Clean an Oil Filter???

I throw them away and replace with a new one.
For $3 it is NOT worth even bothering with.
And paying a shop to change oil and filter is a huge waste of resources.

K&N Oil filters are also available for more than double the emcos.
That is if you want the best.

[sly400ex]

hahahaha.....no, the 250ex has internal screen/filter. It's not the same as on the good ol' 400.;)

[Loeryder]

hahahaha.....no, the 250ex has internal screen/filter. It's not the same as on the good ol' 400.

Oops my bad;)

Carry on with cleaning your filter and i'll go back to throwing mine away.